by Tim Dorr
Different types of Ball Valves
Ball valve is a ball that is literally placed in a passageway through which there is a flow of the fluid. You would find that there is a hole in the ball where the ball opens as well as closes. There are some ball valves that permit only 90 [...]
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by The U.S. National Archives
Pipe Flange Joint Poses Safety Concerns
A fuel gas pipeline in a pipe trench went under a road bridge inside a factory. A flange joint, fitted with a compressed asbestos fiber (caf) gasket, was located only 2.5 m from the roadway.
According to the area classification code used by the company there was [...]
by Trishhhh
Stainless Steel Pipe,stainless Steel Seamless Pipe
My company couldn’t see all the fuss. We had been hired by Bechtel as a subcontractor for the ill-fated Goro project to refine nickel ore in New Caledonia. Bechtel wanted us to match its pipe specifications. To us, this was just another symptom of a bloated project. We used [...]
